Tower 3 introduces several new features including integrated notifications, expanded permissions, runtime job configuration, and networking integrations. Notifications can now be configured to send messages to services like Slack, Hipchat, and email. Permissions are more granular with a new read-only auditor role. Jobs can prompt users for variables, credentials, and other values at launch. Networking support is expanded to include Satellite 6 and CloudForms inventory integration.

1. Tower 3 New Features
Scott van Kalken
svk@redhat.com
November 2016

2. Fast Tower Refresh

3. 3
CONTROL
SIMPLE POWERFUL AGENTLESS
KNOWLEDGE DELEGATION
TOWER EXPANDS AUTOMATION TO YOUR ENTERPRISE.
Scheduled and
centralized jobs
Visibility and compliance Role-based access
and self-service
Everyone speaks the
same language
Designed for
multi-tier deployments
Predictable, reliable,
and secure

4. 4
● Ansible Tower
provides a GUI and a
REST API for Ansible.
● Everything you can do
from the command
line but includes: user
management,
scheduling, output
management, self
service and more.
TOWER

5. What's new in v3.x?

6. 6
Integrated Notifications
Simplified permissions
Expanded run-time job
configuration
Network management
support
Integration with other
Red Hat products
TOWER 3

7. 7
Integrated Notifications
Configurable notifications on job success
and failure.
● Slack
● Hipchat
● PagerDuty
● SMS (Twilio)
● E-mail
● Arbitrary webhook
No need to give keys to external services
to every playbook.

8. 8
Labels
Add labels to job templates.
Search jobs and templates using
them!

9. 9
Expanded and Simplified Permissions
Apply Permissions easily.
New read-only Auditor role.
Can view all information but cannot edit or run jobs.
Delegate permissions
to users or teams.
No need to worry
about inventory
permissions.

10. 10
Run-time Job Configuration
Prompt for any or all of the following
● Inventory
● Credentials
● Limits
● Tags
● Extra Variables

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Run-time Job Configuration
Editable at launch time.
Feed variables to playbooks.
ec2:
ec2_access_key: "{{ ec2_access_key }}"
ec2_secret_key: "{{ ec2_secret_key }}"
region: ap-southeast-2
key_name: aws_keys
group: default
instance_type: t2.micro
image: ami-e0c19f83
wait: true
count: "{{ instance_count }}"

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Run-time Job Configuration
Add surveys to prompt for
variables from users.
ec2:
ec2_access_key: "{{ ec2_access_key }}"
ec2_secret_key: "{{ ec2_secret_key }}"
region: ap-southeast-2
key_name: aws_keys
group: default
instance_type: t2.micro
image: ami-e0c19f83
wait: true
count: "{{ instance_count }}"

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Run-time Job Configuration
Add surveys to prompt for
variables from users.
Tied directly to variables.
ec2:
ec2_access_key: "{{ ec2_access_key }}"
ec2_secret_key: "{{ ec2_secret_key }}"
region: ap-southeast-2
key_name: aws_keys
group: default
instance_type: t2.micro
image: ami-e0c19f83
wait: true
count: "{{ instance_count }}"

14. 14
Networking and Satellite Integrations
New credentials for use with network devices.
Inventory support for:
● Satellite 6
● CloudForms

15. 15
Tower Integrations
Ansible Tower App for Splunk.
Real time visibility of ansible
within your environment.
What has changed (or not
changed) within your
environment?
https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/3319/

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